Women Ethnicity and Nationalism

<p><em>Women Ethnicity and Nationalism</em> asks whether societies caught in political or social transition provide new opportunities for women or instead create new burdens and obstacles for them. Using contemporary case-studies each author looks at the interaction of gender ethnicity and class in a divided society. The varying experiences of women are discussed in the following countries: Northern Ireland; South Africa; the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; Yemen; Lebanon and Malaysia.</p>